Philip sinnott



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P. SINNOTT. CLOTHES LINE.

N0. 606,363. Patented June 28, 1898.

WI TNESS I VEN TOR V bodyin g my improvement,and Fig. 2 is a trans- NirnTATES PHILIP SINNOTT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

) CLOTH ES-LINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,363, dated June 28,1898. Application filed December 15, 1897. Serial No. 662,016. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP SINNOTT, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClothes-Lines, of which the following is a full and completespecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to that class of clothes-lines which embody anendless rope or cable adapted to travel around suspending pulley devicesat both ends of the line.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved clothes-line ofthis class in which the rope or cable will be more positively suspendedand sustained in position against sagging or breaking and which willalso operate to prevent twisting or intertangling of the clothes withthe line when the mechanism is in use.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by the same letters of reference ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a side view of aclothes-line emverse sectional view taken at a point in front of one ofthe end pulley-blocks on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a suspending wire or cable whichextends longitudinally With respect to the line and carries twopulley-blocks B B,which are retained at a relative distance apart. Toprovide for the connection of the pulley-blocks with the main cable andtheir retention in relative position thereon, I preferably pass thelongitudinal cable through eyes or openings b in a top arm or bracket bupon the pulley-block, and suitable knobs or flanges a are arranged uponthe longitudinal cable and adapted to bear against the inner face ofsaid arm or bracket, as shown. The pulley-blocks are thus suspended uponand from the longitudinal cable A and are adapted to swing thereon inthe operation of the clothes-line, but will at the same time maintaintheir proper relative position. l

The outer ends a. a of the longitudinal ca- 'ging.

ble, beyond the pulley-blocks, are connected to any suitable support, asdesired.

Within the pulley blocks or frames H are journaled grooved pulleys 0,around which passes the endless ropeor cable D,which forms theclothes-line proper and upon which the clothes are adapted to be securedand suspended, as shown at S.

E designates rings which are arranged in a longitudinal series andembrace and connect the main suspending cable A and the rope or cable D,these rings being adapted to slide freely upon said cable and serving tosustain the rope D at various points along its length against materialsagging or breaking.

In the practical operation of my improved clothesline the clothes arepreferably arranged upon the rope D, with one of the sliding,connecting, and sustaining rings E between each article of clothing, bywhich relative arrangement the rope or cable carrying the clothes willbe supported at each intermediate point bet-ween the articles ofclothing, and thus be more positively maintained in proper suspendedposition with relation to the main supporting-cable A and against sag-The operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood.My improved arrangement and construction prevents any material saggingof the line D, and therefore avoids liability of the clothes becomingtangled or interlocked with the line ropes or cables and also lessensany liability of breakage, the clothes-line proper being always held inapproximately parallel position with relation to the main longitudinalcable upon whichthe mechanism is suspended.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. An improved clothes-line of the class described,comprising a longitudinal main suspending cable, pulley-blocks mountedupon and carried by said cable, an endless rope or cable passing aroundsaid pulley mechanism and forming the clothes-line proper, and a seriesof rings embracing and connecting the main suspending cable and theclothes-line proper and adapted to slide upon said memhere,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. An improved clothes-line of the class described, comprising alongitudinal main suspending cable, pulley-blocks pivotally connectedwith and suspended from said main cable and adapted to swing thereon, anendless rope or cable passing around said pulley mechanism and formingthe clothes line proper, and a longitudinal series of rings extendingbetween and connecting the main cable and the clothes-line cable andloosely mounted in position so that they slide freely upon said members,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. An improved clothesline of the class de scribed, comprising alongitudinal main suspending cable provided with projections or flangesand passing through eyes or openings in pulley-blocks, the pulley-blocksbeing suspended from said main cable and adapted to pulley mechanism,said rings being adapted to freely slide, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 13th day ofDecember, 1897.

PHILIP SINNOTT.

Witnesses:

L. M. MULLER, M. A. KNOWLES.

